Tal
Tal was the 7623rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1963, when it ranked 815th with 87 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,908 places. More babies were named Tal in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,623 boys, up 4,237 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11boys
- Girls and boys
- 9% girls, 91% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 196387 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,813babies recorded
Tal popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #17,009 | #7,623 | 5 | 11 |
| 2020 | — | #11,860 | — | 6 |
| 2010 | #14,788 | #7,034 | 7 | 12 |
| 2000 | #8,488 | #4,046 | 12 | 20 |
| 1990 | #4,677 | #3,294 | 21 | 19 |
| 1980 | #6,731 | #2,524 | 10 | 20 |
| 1970 | — | #2,498 | — | 15 |
| 1960 | — | #2,668 | — | 11 |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Tal, counting every spelling?
Tal has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Tal?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tal (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Tal born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tal.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tal?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Tal are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 22 and 50. That makes Tal mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Tal
How popular is the name Tal?
Tal was the 7623rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1963, when it ranked 815th with 87 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,908 places. More babies were named Tal in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Tal a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 9% girls, 91% boys given the name Tal in the US.